Nov.19 (GMM) Giedo van der Garde has won a long legal battle with Force India.
The Dutch driver had pressed for a $2 million refund because, when the team was known as Spyker in 2007, he did only 2270 of the 6000 kilometres of testing that he was contractually promised.Media reports reveal that a court has agreed that Force India must pay van der Garde $1.865 million.Fascinatingly, van der Garde's manager Jeroen Schothorst said the ruling could help in his talks with Force India about a race seat in 2011."A few years ago this topic was a disadvantage, now it could be beneficial to us," he said.